Tokyo Olympics: Bradly Sinden takes silver for Great Britain after defeat in taekwondo final

Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8
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Bradly Sinden secured silver for Great Britain after defeat by Uzbekistan’s Ulugbek Rashitov in the taekwondo -68kg final.

The 2019 world champion, 22, was bidding to become Britain’s first male Olympic taekwondo champion but was beaten 34-29. He wins Britain’s first silver medal of the Tokyo Games.

Trailing 18-14 going into the final round, Sinden fought back in a see-saw finale to take a 28-26 lead going into the final seconds.

However, Rashitov responded immediately to edge back in front and a strong trunk kick with six seconds remaining sealed a dramatic victory.

“It was my gold medal to give away – obviously he is a good fighter, I just made a few mistakes,” said Sinden. “I think I got unlucky with a few things as well but that is taekwondo.

“I thought he was on…

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